ODI- 3 October 2000 against Kenya
Test- 16 October 2003 against New Zealand
T20- 13 September 2007 against Scotland

Jersey Number

#3 (IPL, Delhi Daredevils)
#12 (India)

Domestic/State Team

Punjab

IPL Team

Delhi Daredevils (DD)

Nature on field

Aggressive

Favourite shots

hitting six on leg side by picking the ball by getting on knee

Records (main ones)

1. He became the first player to hit six 6’s in an over in a T20 match. He did it in 2007 T20 World Cup against England.
2. Only player to be Man of the series in both T20 & ODI World Cups.

Controversies

Although Yuvraj Singh has never been involved in any controversy but his father Yograj Singh has spoken very harsh words against M.S. Dhoni several times, Yuvraj says he does not agree with the statements of his father and Dhoni is his close friend

Some unknown facts about Yuvraj Singh

Does Yuvraj Singh smoke?: Not Known

Does Yuvraj Singh drink alcohol?: Not Known

In his childhood, he won National U-14 Roller Skating Championship but his father wanted him to be a Cricketer and threw away the medal he got from the Championship and scolded him to concentrate only on Cricket.

In his childhood, he played small roles as a child actor in 2 Punjabi films- Putt Sardara & Mehndi Sajda Di.

His parents divorced Yuvraj was very young, after that he stayed with his mother.

He believes 12 is his lucky number.

As a kid, he was not interested in Cricket, he never liked the idea of playing any sport under the hot sun so he was more interested in becoming a skater.

His father forced him to play Cricket and was very strict about coaching Yuvraj.

The first paycheck Yuvraj got after playin International Cricket was of Rs. 21 lakh which he handed over to his mother to buy a house.

He was the top performer of the T20 World Cup 2007 and ODI World Cup 2011 (both won by India).

He got engaged to actress cricketer, Hazel Keech in Bali on November 2015.

After Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj is the only Indian player to be signed by English county Yorkshire.

After the 2011 World Cup, the shocking news came that he had lung cancer, he stayed strong and went through chemotherapy and came back fit and fine.

He was the costliest player of IPL 2014 and 2015 auctions. (14 Crore & 16 Crore INR respectively).

Yuvraj runs a charity called “YouWeCan”, it helps treating in cancer patients. Also, Yuvraj has decided to invest 50 Crore INR by year 2018 to help entrepreneurs set their businesses.

Yuvraj performed as a voice artist in the Bollywood animated film “Jumbo“.